Fresh from the Hill: Inside Stories of Noteworthy Cornellians
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Prisoners are People Too - Maurice Chammah '10
Maurice Chammah ’10, author of Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty and journalist at the Marshall Project, has dedicated his life’s work to illuminating the injustices in the American prison system through writing about individual stories while also shedding light on the larger issues at hand.
Tune in today and hear how his love of writing and a class at Cornell helped inspire him to pursue the work he does today.
“People who have committed really horrific crimes, even the very worst crimes, they are more than the worst thing they’ve ever done.”
Read the episode transcript.
Hosted by Camila Salazar '16.
Episode photo by Tamir Kalifa.
Created and produced by Amanda Massa.
Music by Kia Albertson-Rogers '13, koa3@cornell.edu.
Artwork by Chris Kelly.
*The views expressed by Fresh from the Hill hosts and guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Cornell University.
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